Isabelle Patissier is a French world champion rock climber and more recently a rally driver.
Climbing
Patissier started climbing at age 5 or 6 with her parents. At 14 she practised mountaineering in Chamonix and also slalom and downhill skiing. In 1986 at the age of 19, she won the first French official climbing competition, taking place in the sportshall in Vaulx-en-Velin only steps from her highschool, climbing barefoot. After this she devoted herself full-time to climbing and in 1988 became both the first woman to climb an 8b (Sortilèges at Cimaï)[1] and French champion. She subsequently won this title a further 3 times.
Between 1993 and 1996 she was married to Nicolas Hulot a TV presenter and writer. In 1995 she retired from climbing.
In 2000 she made her motorsport debut in the Rallye Aicha des Gazelles and in 2002 competed in her first Paris-Dakar rally.[2] She later married her copilot/mechanic Thierry Delli-Zotti.
Notable Climbs
- 8b/5.13d - Les sucettes à l'anis - Cimaï (FRA) - 1989
- 8b/5.13d - Sortilèges - Cimaï (FRA) - 1988 - First female ascent of an 8b climb
- 8a (ex 8b)3 - Échographie - Gorges du Verdon (FRA) - 1988
- 7c/5.12d - Katapult - Frankenjura (GER) - 1985
Climbing Competition Record
World Cup, Lead Climbing
World Championship, Lead Climbing
European Championship, Lead Climbing
Rock Master
World Cup, lead climbing podiums
Rally results
References
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